NBA: The Talent Burst from the Start

"Good trainer!"

From the suspension just now, Duncan also took the initiative to stand up to comfort the players on the scene.

After hearing Popovich calling him, he was a little surprised, but he quickly stood up and silently came to Popovich's side, listening to the coach's tactics.

There is such a tacit understanding between Tim Duncan and Popovich. Sometimes the two don't need to say more, just show each other a look and know what the other is thinking~.

This deep mentoring and apprenticeship is more like a father-son relationship, and Popovich has always regarded Duncan as his successor on the court.

Even since Duncan was 30 years old, he has been deliberately cultivated tactically.

This season, Duncan is 35 years old. In order to make him play better in the long season, Popovich also controls Duncan's playing time very strictly.

It was rare to see a situation like playing eight or nine minutes in the first quarter before leaving the game in previous games.

It can also be seen from this point that Popovich attaches great importance to the game with the Lakers.

He doesn't want his team to lose in the last game against the Lakers this season, so there will be a certain psychological disadvantage in the playoffs.

From now on, Popovich has asked Duncan to observe the form on the court.

And asked Duncan to analyze Dayao's technical characteristics and his tactical position in the Lakers. Now is the time to test Duncan's ability to comprehend.

"How about watching the game during this period, what are your thoughts?"

In the face of Popovich's question, Duncan blinked, then glanced at Dayao sitting on the Lakers' bench, and then answered in a loud voice.

"Dayao County has only played for about 5 minutes from two minutes in the first quarter to now, and has scored 9 points, three rebounds, and two blocks. This kind of data is rare in the peak period. of."

"I'm not asking you to recite his data, I want to ask you if you have any way to deal with it, if you play, what will you choose!"

After hearing Duncan's words, Popovich couldn't help but roll his eyes. He is an apprentice wherever he is, but sometimes he looks like a fool.

Originally, Tim Duncan planned to conduct a careful analysis of Dayao's technical movements. However, since Popovich interrupted him, Duncan naturally did not continue to speak, showing a somewhat embarrassed smile before continuing to speak. said.

"The method is to cut off Dayao's connection with other players. When he has the ball, he will find a way to let Dayao play singles, and at the same time other players have to come up to help defend.

But pay attention to another point, that is to consume Dayao's physical strength, after all, he has just come back, and it is very likely that he will not be able to play for too long!

So what we have to do is to score in the middle distance, consume Dayao's physical strength under the basket to restrain him from moving inside and outside, if Dayao goes outside, we will score inside, try not to make him too comfortable!

After hearing Duncan's words, Popovich finally nodded.

"Okay, then after this time-out is over, I'll let you come on stage, and I'll come to the court later to see how you perform.

Now this Lakers team is not the same as the previous two games, so let's adapt on the court!"

Some words Popovich didn't say clearly, but from his tone, it can be seen that he still has a headache for the current powerful Lakers in front of him.

After all, in the first two seasons, before Dayao and Lin Lei joined, the Lakers had already won two championships, and the Spurs did not show much advantage against the Lakers.

Now the joining of Lin Lei has made the Lakers' perimeter firepower the strongest in the league, and there is no way to limit it.

The reason why the Spurs could barely win a victory in front of them was because Kobe felt cold in that game, and secondly, their inside line was completely blown up.

Now that Dayao has joined, the Lakers have no shortcomings. Even if their strong points on the inside and outside lines do not appear together, the Spurs have no idea at all.

For now, we can only see how Duncan and others perform. If they play well enough, maybe there is still a chance.

For Popovich's look, Duncan also saw that everything was silent, and he was very clear about what his head coach was thinking.

So Duncan nodded very seriously, and took the initiative to play at the end of the timeout.

After a rest, Dayao re-entered the court amid the anticipation of his teammates. When he saw Tim Duncan also playing, his expression became a little serious.

Dayao and Tim Duncan have played a total of 23 matches since they entered the league.

Among them, Dayao only won 8 games and lost 15 games.

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Although his shooting percentage is slightly higher than that of Duncan, he has 5 fewer shots than Duncan.

The free throw percentage is also 15% higher than that of Duncan, and the rebound is three less than that of Duncan. The scoring average is 17.5 points, while Duncan is as high as 21 points.

Although Dayao's statistics seem to be inferior to Tim Duncan's, it has to be said that Dayao's tactical status in these 23 games is far lower than that of Duncan.

Duncan as the core of the Spurs team, almost all tactics are opened around him.

And Dayao is the second offense of the ball, and even the third offense option, this tactical gap cannot be ignored.

From the past duels, it can be seen that the gap between Duncan and Dayao is not very big. Duncan is more dominant than Dayao in footsteps, but Dayao's height will bring more trouble to Duncan.

Therefore, in the next attack, after receiving the ball, Duncan first used his footsteps to shake Dayao's center of gravity, then turned around and scored with a hook.

44:47, the Spurs are three points behind!

In the next round, after receiving the pass, Dayao also responded with a hook in the same way.

So the game in the second quarter almost became a confrontation between the inside players on both sides in the remaining time.

Because the Spurs have the starting lineup of Duncan and Diao, the two can take turns to restrict Dayao, so relatively speaking, Dayao's performance has been affected to a certain extent.

When facing Dior and Duncan, Odom was also a little stretched, and the time he spent with Dayao was relatively short, so naturally he couldn't compare with their duo.

But once the ball enters the inside, the attacking time and rotation are naturally not as gorgeous as the outside players.

So during this period of time, the two teams seem to have returned to the era of the inside line 10 years ago.

In the second half of the second quarter, the score on the field had reached 55:56. In the half quarter, the two teams only scored 13 and 14 points.

Seeing this picture, Phil Jackson turned his head to look at Lin Lei and Kobe, and it could be seen from his expression that he obviously planned to arrange one of the two to appear.

After realizing Phil Jackson's intentions, Kobe took the initiative to speak.

"Coach, let me come on stage!" Corpse.